Louisa (ship)

Many ships have borne the name Louisa, including:

• Four ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Louisa, as have several hired armed vessels that served the Royal Navy under contract:

• HM Hired armed brig Louisa
• HM Hired tender Louisa

• Louisa (1798 ship) was launched in France in 1794, probably under another name. She was taken in prize and between 1798 and 1804 she made five complete voyages as a slave ship in the triangular trade in enslaved people. She was lost on the coast of Africa on her sixth voyage.
• Louisa (Quasi-War privateer), an American privateer, participated in the Quasi-War with France in 1800.
• Louisa, a Swedish ship captured by the Spanish in 1800 while sailing from Lisbon to Barcelona. See List of ships captured in the 18th century#1800.
• Louisa (1823), of 242 tons (bm (old measurement)) or 306 tons (bm (new measurement)), was launched by J. Fowler at Howrah or Sulkea, Calcutta in 1823. ^[1] She had a length of 86 ft 0 in (26.2 m), a beam of 23 ft 0 in (7.0 m), and a hold depth of 16 ft 4 in (5.0 m). In 1849 and 1853, she visited Adelaide.
• Louisa (1824) was built by Thomas de la Mare at South Beach, St Peter Port, Guernsey. She had a burthen of 16971⁄94 tons, but was later remeasured at 1413035⁄3500 nrt brig. In 1853 she was sold and her registry transferred to London. ^[2] The vessel sailed to Australia in the 1850s where she became a whaler based in Hobart. ^[3] She sailed from Hobart, Tasmania for Melbourne, Victoria on 16 December 1882 and was last seen the following day off Bicheno, in bad weather. ^[4]

See also

• SS Königin Luise, various ships
• SS Louise Lykes, various ships
• USS Louise, various ships

Citations

1. Phipps (1840), p. 111.
2. Sarre (2007), p. 173.
3. "Australian Colonial Whaling Ship Voyages". whalinghistory.org. New Bedford Whaling Museum. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
4. "Loss of the brig Louisa". Sydney Daily Telegraph. No. 1150. 14 March 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 7 February 2023– via Trove.

References

• Phipps, John (1840). A Collection of Papers Relative to Ship Building in India ...: Also a Register Comprehending All the Ships ... Built in India to the Present Time ... Scott.
• Sarre, John W. (2007). Howell, Alan (ed.). Guernsey sailing ships, 1786–1936. Vol. 8. Guernsey Museum monograph series.